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McCain Wants More Troops in Iraq

To all of you harboring warm, squishy feelings left over from McCain’s 2000 presidential run, keep in mind that the Arizona senator is an unabashed hawk on Iraq.
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Posted on Aug 21, 2006 READ MORE  |  11 COMMENTS



What if Jon Stewart Were President?

That’s the premise of “Man of the Year,” a movie starring Robin Williams as a Jon Stewart-type who successfully runs for the Oval Office. The trailer makes it look kind of cheesy and predictable, but, as a cultural moment, it’s interesting: the hunger for a truth-teller of fake news to lead the country.

Posted on Aug 16, 2006 READ MORE  |  2 COMMENTS


Who Killed the Electric Car

The Next Must-See Documentary

Check out the new movie that The New York Times calls “a prosecutorial examination of the role of oil companies, the automobile industry and the Bush administration (them again) in stymieing the development of emission-free electric vehicles.”

 

Posted on Jul 6, 2006 READ MORE


Kick the Oil Habit

Kick the Oil Habit

Check out this sobering video, which spells out the moral imperative we face to wean ourselves from dependence on oil. Robert Redford will be talking about this new campaign on Larry King tonight (May 17.)

Posted on May 17, 2006 READ MORE  |  3 COMMENTS


Jon Stewart and the NSA

Jon Stewart Takes On the NSA

“The Daily Show” host tees off on the recent report of the NSA’s phone call database. “It turns out that there was one specific type of domestic call the government was keeping tabs on. All of them.”

Posted on May 16, 2006 READ MORE  |  1 COMMENT


Show US the War
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Show US the War

The Cause, a progressive media development organization, kicks off its pre-launch with a film clip called “Show US the War,” a teaser for what it calls a “collaborative real-time documentary news project.”

Posted on May 6, 2006 READ MORE


I'm the decider
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‘I’m the Decider’ Parody Song Goes Viral

It didn’t take songwriters long to lampoon Bush’s instantly infamous “I’m the decider” remark. Check out this one, which is burning up the rankings at the Huffington Post.

Posted on Apr 21, 2006 READ MORE  |  4 COMMENTS


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